Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for chronic refractory osteomyelitis of the sternum.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.10.018.
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Abstract
This report describes a 32-year-old woman with chronic refractory osteomyelitis of the sternum after multiple surgical procedures including a sternotomy with underlying colonic interposition that was successfully managed with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The clinical course is reviewed, and the complexities of this diagnosis are then discussed, including a brief review of the mechanisms of management with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Medical subject headings
- Hyperbaric Oxygenation
- Osteomyelitis
- Sternotomy
- Surgical Wound Infection